Jonathan Sergeant
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Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant (1746 - 1793)

Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant
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Died at about age 47 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
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Jonathan Sergeant served with Civil Service, Pennsylvania during the American Revolution.
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Jonathan Sergeant performed Patriotic Service in Pennsylvania in the American Revolution.
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FROM WIKIPEDIA Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant (1746 – October 8, 1793) was an American lawyer from Princeton, New Jersey. He represented New Jersey in the Second Continental Congress in 1776 and 1777. He later served as Attorney General for the state of Pennsylvania.

Sergeant was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1746, but moved with his parents to Princeton. He completed his initial studies and attended the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), receiving his degree in 1762. His maternal grandfather, Jonathan Dickinson, had been the first president of the college at its founding in 1747. After Sergeant's graduation from the College of Philadelphia (now the University of Pennsylvania) in 1763 with an A.B. degree, he read for the law and entered practice in Princeton in 1767.

From 1774 to 1776 he was a member of the revolutionary New Jersey Provincial Congress. In early 1776 he went as a delegate to the Continental Congress, but he resigned in June to return home and serve on the committee that drafted New Jersey's first constitution. In November he returned again to the national congress.

In September 1777 he resigned from Congress a second time, this time to accept office as the attorney general of Pennsylvania. He permanently moved to Philadelphia and opened a law practice there on his return to private life in 1780.

Sergeant died in Philadelphia in 1793 and was originally buried in the Old Presbyterian Churchyard at Fourth and Pine Streets. In 1878, he was re-interred in the Laurel Hill Cemetery.

His son John Sergeant later represented Pennsylvania in the U.S. Congress. Another son, Thomas Sergeant, served as Pennsylvania secretary of state, attorney general and on the state Supreme Court.

Birth: 1746, Newark Essex County, New Jersey Death: Oct. 8, 1793 Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA

Continental Congressman. He was elected as a Delegate from New Jersey to the Continental Congress, serving in 1776, and then from 1776 to 1777. He was the father of Congressman John Sergeant, and the great-great grandfather of Congressman John Crain Kunkel. Originally interred in the Pine Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Philadelphia, he was removed to Laurel Hill Cemetery in 1878.

Family links: Spouses: Margaret Spencer Sergeant (1759 - 1787) Elizabeth Rittenhouse Sergeant (1767 - 1836)*

Children: Jonathan Sergeant (____ - 1786)* Henry Sergeant (____ - 1824)* Elizabeth Sergeant (____ - 1845)* William Sergeant (1776 - 1807)* John Sergeant (1779 - 1852)* Thomas Sergeant (1782 - 1860)* Elihu Spencer Sergeant (1787 - 1854)* David Rittenhouse Sergeant (1791 - 1872)*

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Burial: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA. Plot: Section P, Lot 61. [1]

Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant (1746–1793), a leading New Jersey patriot, lawyer, and politician resident in Princeton, was at this time a member of the congress, but he resigned in June to work on a new state constitution. He returned to the congress in late 1776 and ultimately served as attorney general of Pennsylvania, his adopted state after his home in Princeton was burned (DAB; Edwin F. Halfield, “Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant,” PMHB, 2 [1878]:438–442). [2]

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  1. Find A Grave Record added: Jul 25, 2001. Find A Grave Memorial# 23306 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23306
  2. https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-04-02-0038




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I adjusted the Notables to Notables Sticker. There was an error showing as `without project box``
posted by Beryl Meehan
Jonathan and Luke are 15th cousins four times removed.
Sergeant-159 and Sergeant-111 appear to represent the same person because: Clear Duplicate. Refer to biography of Sergeant-159 for names of his spouses